N3 — outside your level filter

noun

an excuse offered for your own failing

iiwake

meaning: is an excuse offered for your own failing

State

Feeling

言いい訳わけ

iiwakean excuse offered for your own failingN3nounsuru-noun

Example sentences2

遅刻ちこくしたことを必死ひっしに言いい訳わけした。

chikoku shita koto o hisshi ni iiwake shita.

I frantically made excuses for being late. neutral

それ、言いい訳わけにしか聞きこえないよ。

sore, iiwake ni shika kikoenai yo.

That just sounds like an excuse to me. casual

All forms12

Stems & forms

  • て-form言いい訳わけで
  • た-form言いい訳わけだった
  • ない-form言いい訳わけじゃない
  • ない-stem言いい訳わけじゃ

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